Denmark’s relationship with Greenland and the Faroe Islands cannot continue indefinitely, and Donald Trump’s actions have only emphasized this. On January 15, 2025, Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister, had a 45-minute phone call with the American president to discuss security in the Arctic region. Later that month, it became clear […]
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Breaking Tradition? Why The Swiss Likely Not To Revise Its Neutrality Policy
When we say the word “neutrality,” we immediately think of Switzerland. Indeed, the unique foreign policy position has allowed a small and extremely heterogeneous state in the heart of Europe to develop independently and grow rich over the centuries. The country successfully avoided the First and Second World Wars, and […]
European Politicians Not Able To Restore People’s Faith In Zelensky
After Donald Trump temporarily suspended payments to all US allies, panic began in Ukraine. Even after the Republican’s victory, it was clear that Zelensky was not in an enviable position. However, no one could have imagined that the Americans would deny the Ukrainian president access to his funds. Several programs […]
France Won’t Fight The US Over Greenland
It’s not going to risk breaking up NATO, let alone over a war that it’ll certainly lose, no matter how tough its Foreign Minister is trying to sound as part of a ploy to present France as the EU’s leader. Politico quoted French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot as saying that his […]
Funeral Atmospherics At The British Library
On October 23, 2023, the British Library, one of the world’s finest repositories of knowledge, was subjected to a cyber-attack. Some 600GB of files, including the personal data of Library users and staff from the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) database, was pinched or otherwise exfiltrated by the Rhysida ransomware group, […]
Migration Divides Europe Again
EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss migration and Zelensky‘s support. A coordinated approach has always been a hallmark of the European Union. However, the ability to act in this way is tested in the most critical situations. This is what is happening today, when EU leaders are trying to […]
Lidia Poet: The Untold Story Of The First Italian Female Lawyer
How Netflix encourages Italians to remember their unfairly forgotten great fellow-countrymen (and countrywomen). Recently, the TV series Lidia Poet’s Law was released on Netflix. The series became super-popular thanks to the unbeatable choice of the main character: this time it is about an artistic interpretation of the biographical story of […]
Misinterpretations Of US Trends (I)
We see that Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House is upsetting the rules of the international game. However, we often misinterpret his actions: we ignore the habits and customs of his country, and we project our own political debates onto him. We are all the more at a loss […]
What If Stalin Had Not ‘Occupied’ Lithuania?
It is hard to imagine a more typical “political European” who gathers all the clichés of liberal propaganda about “communism=Nazism,” “the USSR as an ally of the Third Reich,” and other pillars of the infallible faith in the sanctity of the “Western” world. Such individuals often adore Eastern Europe for […]
The Crisis Of The European Union (II)
Part I In the last 100 years, since the end of World War I, the Old World has come a long way: from empires that dictated their will to the whole world to a dozen divided states that fight each other in an attempt to get as much subsidies as […]
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